CONTENTS. 



XV11 



Begulus cristatus, 123, 422 ; igni- 



capillus, 123, 416, 422 

 Bhipidura albifrontata, 205 

 Bhodonessa caryophyllacea, 451 

 Ehynchops albicollis, 389 

 Rissa tridactyla, 422 

 Book, White, at Aberdeen, 232 

 Rostratula capensis, 388 

 Buticilla phcenicurus, 111, 123; rufi- 



ventris, 206 ; titys, 225 



Sandpiper, Wood, in Orkney Islands, 



391 

 Sarcidornis nielanonotus, 451 

 Sarciopborus rnalabaricns, 387 

 Sarcogrammus indicus, 387 

 Sarcorharuphus gryphus, 194 

 Sark, birds of, 416 

 Saw-fish in British waters, 79, 114 

 Saxicola cenanthe, 13, 59, 12.2, 266, 



422 

 Scales of fishes as an index of age, 



237 

 Sciurus sp. ?, 183 



Scolopax rusticula, 113, 130, 308, 422 

 Scops giu, 212 



Scotland — Kingfisher, 27; King- 

 Eider^; Pine-Marten, 192; notes, 



197, 423 ; Black-headed Gull, 216; 



Book, 232; migrants, 233; Cuckoo, 



354 ; Hoopoe, 435 

 Sea-birds and Plovers noticed in 



Lancashire and Cumberland, 374 

 Sea-serpent, the, 159, 360 

 Seal and Whale Fishery of 1901, 41 

 Serinus, 243 ; leucopygius, 259 

 Sexual selection, 439 

 Shetland, notes from, 112 

 Shoveler in Herts, 27, 28 

 Shrike, Lesser Grey, in Norfolk, 



433 

 Sialia sialis, 242, 253 

 Siphia parva, 205 

 Sitta castaneiventris, 202 

 Skua, Arctic, variations in colouring 



of, 368 

 Skunk, a pet, 394 

 Snake, Grass, habits in confinement, 



356 

 Somateria mollissima, 425 ; specta- 



bilis, 27 

 Song of the Okapi, 40 ; of birds, 247, 



417, 468 

 Sorex richardsoni, 297 

 Sparrow, Tree, in Cardiganshire, 



25 

 Spatula clypeata, 27, 68, 452 

 Spermopbila, 257 



Spermophilus franklini, 297; richard- 

 soni, 296 ; tridecemlineatus, 296 



Spider poison, 359 



Spilornis cheela, 214 



Sporaeginthus amandava, 207 



Strix Candida, 212 ; flammea, 212 



Squatarola helvetica, 129, 280 



Starling, variety, 192 



Statistics relating to British birds, 55 



Stercorarius crepidatus, 132, 368, 439, 

 424; parasiticus?, 277; pomato- 

 rhinus, 132 



Sterna anglica, 389 ; cantiaca, 377 ; 

 caspia, 391 ; dougalli, 53 ; fluviatilis, 

 63, 378, 425 ; fuliginosa, 355 ; ma- 

 crura, 131, 277, 378, 425 ; melano- 

 gaster, 389 ; minuta, 64, 379 ; seena, 

 389 



Stoparola melanops, 205 



Strix flammea, 127 



Sturnia malabarica, 204 



Sturnopastor contra, 205 



Sturnus menzbieri, 204; vulgaris, 14, 

 60, 126, 422 



Sula bassana, 128, 422, 427 



Suricata tetradactyla, 393 



Surrey, ornithological notes from, 

 223, 305 



Swallows, spring migration, 233 



Sycalis, 243 ; flaveola, 243, 250 ; pel- 

 zelni, 243 



Sylvia atricapilla, 123 ; cinerea, 13, 

 123; curruca, 123, 468; hortensis, 

 123 ; undata, 225 



Sypheotis bengalensis, 386 



Syrnium ocellatum, 212 



Taccocua leschenaulti, 211 

 Tachornis batassiensis, 211 

 Tadorna cornuta, 128, 424 

 Taeniopygia castanotis, 250, 251 

 Tamias quadrivittatus, 297 

 Tarpon atlanticus, 349 

 Tasmania, Lesser White - backed 



Magpie in, 428 

 Taurotragus oryx, 363 

 Taxidea taxus, 295 

 Temenuchus pagodarurn, 204 

 Temperature of insects, 287 

 Tephrodornis pondicerianus, 203 

 Tern, Boseate, on the Fame Islands, 



53 ; Sooty, in Lancashire, 355 

 Terpsiphone cristata, 190 ; paradisi, 



205 

 Thereiceryx zeylonicus, 209 

 Thomomys borealis, 297 

 Thrush, variety, 192 ; Song, a 



mimicking, 193 



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